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This activity contains 24 questions.

The key issues between Egypt and Israel in the war of 1956 concerned

a new partition of Palestine.control of the Suez Canal.repression of the Palestine Liberation Organization.control of the Golan Heights

Lebanon has been described as the "fuse to the Middle East powder keg" because of

Israel's massive retaliations against the Palestinians.the superpowers' conflicting interests in the Middle East.Palestinian attacks from Lebanon on Israel.All of the answers are correct.

The Ayatollah Khomeini was a

leftist sympathizer.Shiite holy man.supporter of the United States.young, charismatic Iranian leader.

More than half of the oil consumed in international trade is shipped through a narrow waterway that empties into the Indian Ocean. This passage is known as the

Persian Gulf.Suez Canal.Red Sea.Dardanelles.

Attempting to break away from Nigeria, the Ibo tribal region proclaimed its independence as the new state of

Zaire.Zimbabwe.Uganda.Biafra.

"Apartheid" is the term often used to describe the racial policies followed until 1991 by the government of

Nambia.the Republic of South Africa.Botswana.Zambia.

Kwame Nkrumah became the outright dictator in the African nation of

Uganda.Gambia.Liberia.Ghana.

In its war against Somalia, Ethiopia received most of its aid from the

United Nations.United States.People's Republic of China.Soviet Union.

In 1973 the United States secretly supported the overthrow of a democratically elected government in

Colombia.Chile.Cuba.Costa Rica.

In the 1967 war between Israel and Egypt, the cease fire was signed _____ after the war began.

6 hours6 days6 weeks6 months

UN Resolution 242, responding to the 1967 war, recognized Israel's right to exist but

required the state provide equal citizenship to Palestinians. ordered the end to settlement building. ordered the return of the occupied territories. denied full UN membership.

The first Gulf state to develop an oil-based economy in the 1930s was

Saudi Arabia.Iraq. Iran.Bahrain.

Lebanon's population is religiously diverse and contains significant groups of all the following EXCEPT

Christians. Druze. Muslims. Moors.

The Allies forced Iran's king to abdicate in favor of his son, Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, in 1941 because

he had refused to provide the Allies with oil resources in WWII. the son had made a secret deal with the Americans. he had supported Germany in WWII. he openly protested the mandate system in the Middle East.

On average, African nations spend about _____ as much on repaying debts as they do on providing health services.

three times four times twice half

Because of the AIDS epidemic, life expectancy in southern Africa is expected to drop to age _____ by 2005.

57 53 55 47

The "kleptocratic" ruler of Congo from 1965 to 1997 was

Kwame Nkrumah. Mengistu Haile Meriam. Olesegun Obasanjo. General Joseph Mobutu Sese Seko.

The short-lived Republic of Biafra, which only lasted from 1967 until 1970, seceded from

Ghana. Ethiopia. Nigeria. Congo.

In _____, long-time president Robert Mugabe has recently tried to appeal to his rural constituents by supporting bands of thugs to seize white farms and turn them over to the landless poor.

Zaire Congo Malawi Zimbabwe

Juan Peron was first elected president of Argentina in 1946, was removed from power in 1955, and returned as president in

1965. 1973. 1959. 1968.

Most Caribbean states send their exports, primarily crops and minerals, to the US and

Britain. Canada. France. Central America.

It appeared that the Organization of American States (OAS) as well as the US were close to normalizing relations with Cuba in 1975 until

large numbers of Cuban exiles protested the action. thousands of pro-Soviet Cuban troops and advisers intervened in Angola, Mozambique, and Ethiopia. the Cuban population voted in a referendum against the action. Castro made an anti-American speech before the United Nations.

One of the biggest problems plaguing Haiti is an unemployment rate of

70 percent. 60 percent. 50 percent. 40 percent.

The 2000 election of Vicente Fox Quesada as president of Mexico was precedent-setting because

it was the first time that a pro-American candidate was elected president. it was the first time that a socialist candidate was elected president. it was the first time that anyone outside the Salinas family had been elected president in fifty years. it was the first time that a candidate of the PRI had lost a national election.

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